Someone on the Habs needs to have a Mom die apparently. It might help ratings.
I am in no way minimizing the loss for st.Louis, but this is a great sport that doesn't need to be covered by the media like this BS. They have been building a whole story around St. Louis' Mom to the point of pure patronizing that I wish for more "do you know Chara is tall?" It's sickening when the games can stand on their own without this kind of utter pablum.
It's a real exercise in demeaning St.Louis' Mom and St. Louis the player by making her some media story line in order to try and get some extra viewers. Making note of it several times is one thing....trying to make it THE story of the entire playoffs is just rank exploitation and really prurient.
If only the pens could have scored on the 5 on 3 game 5. If only James Neal showed up as the scoring winger in any ranger game. Oh well. Going forward with an injured letang and orpik, spent Maata; realistically the pens were done.
That's tough...the Habs played that game in fast forward, they were just better and faster than every Ranger not named Lundqvist...and no matter who you want to chalk that goal up on, Tokarski or the defense or a good play...to come out of a period where you know you can't really play better or harder or faster and not only not be winning - but actually losing...that's tough to swallow. That introduces some doubt into the equation for sure.
How about this for a jinx...are we watching the evolution of a legacy right now with Henrik Lundqvist? As a history nerd, this guy was hurtling towards Roberto Luongo territory...now he's outwardly stealing games in the playoffs, and this could really begin his ascension up the ranks...already a top-40 goalie in history for sure, but there's room for more...
mikey287 wrote:That's tough...the Habs played that game in fast forward, they were just better and faster than every Ranger not named Lundqvist...and no matter who you want to chalk that goal up on, Tokarski or the defense or a good play...to come out of a period where you know you can't really play better or harder or faster and not only not be winning - but actually losing...that's tough to swallow. That introduces some doubt into the equation for sure.
How about this for a jinx...are we watching the evolution of a legacy right now with Henrik Lundqvist? As a history nerd, this guy was hurtling towards Roberto Luongo territory...now he's outwardly stealing games in the playoffs, and this could really begin his ascension up the ranks...already a top-40 goalie in history for sure, but there's room for more...
Agreed. Habs played fantastic that period and Lundqvist simply was better. Going to be a very tough road without Price.
To me, the composure of the Rangers throughout the playoffs really stands out. The entire team has a balanced, Brad Richards vibe. They're playing like pros.